[ivox3]

damn .....looks great Riv ......, ......

[Xlars]

i thought i'd share this very simple scene, some may find it useful just to get started. hope it helps:

www.caribouz.com/mas/prova2.rar

Thank you

[blueplanetdesign]

There's been some discussion about the types of IOR mentioned in the interface.

These are fairly standard refraction index values that may help
achieve some preliminary results while playing with the RC.

Refraction Index of Various Substances

Gemstones
Agate 1.544 - 1.553
Alexandrite 1.746 - 1.755
Almandine 1.75 - 1.83
Amber 1.539 - 1.545
Amethyst 1.532 - 1.554
Ammolite 1.52 -1.68
Andalusite 1.629 - 1.650
Apatite 1.632 - 1.42
Aquamarine 1.567-1.590
Axenite 1.674 - 1.704
Beryl 1.57 - 1.60
Beryl, Red 1.570 - 1.598
Chalcedony 1.544 - 1.553
Chrome Tourmaline, 1.61 - 1.64
Citrine 1.532 - 1.554
Clinohumite 1.625 - 1.675
Coral 1.486 - 1.658
Crystal 2.000
Crysoberyl, Catseye 1.746 - 1.755
Danburite 1.627 - 1.641
Diamond 2.417
Emerald 1.560 - 1.605
Emerald Catseye 1.560 - 1.605
Flourite 1.434 Garnet, Grossular 1.72 - 1.80
Garnet, Andradite 1.88 - 1.94
Garnet, Demantiod 1.880 - 1.9
Garnet, Mandarin 1.790 - 1.8
Garnet, Pyrope 1.73 - 1.76
Garnet, Rhodolite 1.740 - 1.770
Garnet, Tsavorite 1.739 - 1.744
Garnet, Uvarovite 1.74 - 1.87
Hauyn 1.490 - 1.505
Iolite 1.522 - 1.578
Jade, Jadeite 1.64 - 1.667
Jade, Nephrite 1.600 - 1.641
Jet 1.660
Kunzite 1.660 - 1.676
Labradorite 1.560 - 1.572
Lapis Lazuli 1.50 - 1.55
Moonstone 1.518 - 1.526
Morganite 1.585 - 1.594
Obsidian 1.50
Opal, Black 1.440 - 1.460
Opal, Fire 1.430 - 1.460
Opal, White 1.440 - 1.460
Oregon Sunstone 1.560 - 1.572
Padparadja 1.760 - 1.773 Pearl 1.53 - 1.69
Peridot 1.635 - 1.690
Quartz 1.544 - 1.553
Ruby 1.757 - 1.779
Sapphire 1.757 - 1.779
Sapphire, Star 1.760 - 1.773
Spessarite 1.79 - 1.81
Spinel 1.712 - 1.717
Spinel, Blue 1.712 - 1.747
Spinel, Red 1.708 - 1.735
Star Ruby 1.76 - 1.773
Tanzanite 1.690-1.7
Tanzanite 1.692 - 1.700
Topaz 1.607 - 1.627
Topaz, Imperial 1.605-1.640
Tourmaline 1.603 - 1.655
Tourmaline, Blue 1.61 - 1.64
Tourmaline, Catseye 1.61 - 1.64
Tourmaline, Green 1.61 - 1.64
Tourmaline, Paraiba 1.61 - 1.65
Tourmaline, Red 1.61 - 1.64
Zircon 1.777 - 1.987
Zirconia, Cubic 2.173 - 2.21

Metals
Aluminum 1.39
Copper 2.43
Gold 0.166 Mylar 1.65
Nickel 1.08
Platinum 2.33
Silver 1.35
Titanium 2.16

Common Liquids
Acetone 1.36
Alcohol, Ethyl (grain) 1.36
Alcohol, Methyl (wood) 1.329
Beer 1.345
Carbonated Beverages 1.34 - 1.356
Fruit Juice
Chlorine (liq) 1.385
Cranberry Juice (25%) 1.351
Glycerin 1.473
Honey, 13% water content 1.504
Honey, 17% water content 1.494 Honey, 21% water content 1.484
Ice 1.309
Milk 1.35
Oil, Clove 1.535
Oil, Lemon 1.481
Oil, Neroli 1.482
Oil, Orange 1.473
Oil, Safflower 1.466
Oil, vegetable (50° C) 1.47
Oil of Wintergreen 1.536
Rum, White 1.361 Shampoo 1.362
Sugar Solution 30% 1.38
Sugar Solution 80% 1.49
Turpentine 1.472
Vodka 1.363
Water (0° C) 1.33346
Water (100° C) 1.31766
Water (20° C) 1.33283
Whisky 1.356

Common Transparent Materials
Eye, Aqueous humor 1.33
Eye, Cornea 1.38
Eye, Lens 1.41
Eye, Vitreous humor 1.34
Glass, Arsenic Trisulfide 2.04
Glass, Crown (common) 1.52 Glass, Flint, 29% lead 1.569
Glass, Flint, 55% lead 1.669
Glass, Flint, 71% lead 1.805
Glass, Fused Silica 1.459
Glass, Pyrex 1.474
Lucite 1.495 Nylon 1.53
Obsidian 1.50
Plastic 1.460 - 1.55
Plexiglas 1.488
Salt 1.516

[Polyxo]

Hmmm. even this simple scene will not work for me. I could open it, but MStudio said: "preview\defaultpreview\previw.mxs can not be loaded. If I hit ok, i get a blank Studio-layout, without any viewport or editors - just this brounish grey background and the menu. If i load the default layout from the Maxwell-program-folder, I can finally open the scene. But i have no "standard-toolbar (all the button). They are actually there, but the button-bitmaps are gone. Needless to say, that I neither got a proview, nor a render.
Holger

[rivoli]

polyxo, are you sure your maxwell_root variable is not pointing to mxcl? maxwell_root must be: ...\next limit\maxwell

[Polyxo]

Hi Rivoli, thanks for answering!
In the control-panel, I have set the root to Maxwell, only the path also has the entry ...Maxwell\mxcl. There's also nothing wrong with the licence, Maxwell recognizes and displays correctly in the splash-screen.

[DIA]

okey i have some succes with the new RC1 but when iam trying to render it out i get everything in a red tone .. someone have this problem to ?

in preview is working fine ...... i dont get it where does the red come from ???

[rivoli]

polyxo, that's weird. it should work just fine (variables should be like this:



have you try rebooting? or a clean installation?

[beatriz]

DIA:
perhaps you are using a low kelvin # in your emitter?
Try with the same power but different color.

[Kabe]

A couple of questions:

* How can I see that the preview renderer is still working? (btw: right-click on the preview delivers a couple of options, like quality factors or autopreview)

* are there any materials delivered with "RC"?

* How to submit a bsdf with no documentation at all? It's nice that the new ME could handle great stuff in theory, but at the current state of documentation it's close to a black art

* Is there any reason that the sphere in the preview is not centered? Can one change that preview scene?

* Any why the heck are the preview picts not cached with the materials??? Hello??? I have to use a crappy preview or I have to wait for the good one *each time* I select the material? How is this ever suppose to work with external applications if their libraries don't even support stored preview picts? Please tell me that his isn't true.

Kabe

[aitraaz]

i thought i'd share this very simple scene, some may find it useful just to get started. hope it helps:

www.caribouz.com/mas/prova2.rar

Very helpful...grazie 1000

[max3d]

Strangely enough I'm not able to adjust the Abbe setting. Am I the only one?

[Kabe]

Strangely enough I'm not able to adjust the Abbe setting. Am I the only one?

Nope, same here... one of the many oddities of the interface :-/

Kabe

[Mihai]

There is a button in the material editor, top right corner "Enable dispersion"

Hover over each button for the label to appear......and you call yourselves developers...pfffffff

[rivoli]

abbe works, you just have to activate dispersion first. there's a button somewhere, can't point it now cos i have no RC here.

edit:
as always, what mihai said. first.